Walking toy



R. l. ARMPRIESTER.

WALKING TOY.

APPLICATION HLED Amma, 1920.

1,896,087, Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

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Y more or less the To all 1li/0m 'z't may concern prehends UNITED STATE-.s PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT IvAN ARMPEIESTER, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WALKING TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent. l Patentd N'OV. 8, 1921.

Application filed August 13, 1920. Serial No. 403,254.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3&3 in Fig. 1, and

iig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the joint members removed. eferring more particularly to the views, he numeral 10 indicates the body of the doll, and 11, the arms, and 12 the legs, the latter eing each preferably constructed in two portions, of which the upper portion is indicated by the numeral 12a and the lower portion by the numeral 12". The arms are also preferably constructed in two portions, e upper of which is indicated by the numeral 11a and the lower portion thereof by the numeral 11b.

e 1t own that I, ROBERT IVAN ARM- PRIEs'rER, a citizen of the United States, resid' at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and Y State ofl Pennsylvania,

new and useful Improvements in Walking Toys, of which 'the following is a specification.

e invention relates to toys and more particularly-to walking toys such as dolls walking g other features the'invention coma doll or other toy legs are arranged with respect to the body of thedoll so that a forward tion of one so that the arm can be swung outward, thus ding a convenient grip for the operator a human being. to manipulate the doll. The leg portion 12b I am aware that various forms of walking at its upper end 1s fitted to and hinged to dolls' have been used heretofore but I find and the is formed the lower he joint memportion passes result is not a walksuch as would tend to accurately simulate the walk of a person, and furthermore in other instances the walking action is only obtained bythe use of the springs t and other resilient 'members Vwhich soon wear out and also greatly complicate the with tl per structure. lying within the b blocks 17 form bearings for a crank 18 having a p l rality of off-set portions 19, one of which is off-set from the main longitudinal line of the crank in a directly opposed relation to the other inner ends of con- Still e invention comprehends a doll in which the arms a e preferably arranged relative to the bod can b portion. The

ter end In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying f igure' 1 is a frdnt elevation of the device constructed as a doll, parts being broken away to disclose the underl ing structure.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevation, the joint member and one of the leg portions being shown in section. Y

'So also the lower end of each .stantially straight.

ing movement of lupon the other limb.

has a cut away portion 22 at the front, in order that the leg portion 12a can readily swing forward lwithout interference Jfrom the lower part of the joint'member;

In the operation of the doll to eiliect a Y 1y the crank 18 is arranged to have one o-set portion extend upwardly and the other offset portion extend downwardly, the crank being in this position when the legs are sub- YIn order to effect wall;- ing motion of the doll, it is irst necessar that the .operator grasp and swing upwardly one of the arms into a substantially horizon- .talA position, it being noted that the shoulder joint of the arm is such as'to limit the upward swinging movement to substantially the horizontal. By imparting a slightturnthe hand to the armand inclining the doll slightly to one side, the opposite leg will be raised from the `floor and by reason of the joint members and crank connection the leg will swing JiorwardlyT while the weight Iof the dolly rests This action will now the crank and joint member of'the walking action it will be seen that normal bring i opposite limb into position to eiiiect a similai'r result thereon when the doll is swung slightly the other way to bring the-weight thereof on to the limb which has been moved forward and in this manner the doll will be caused to walk along the floor with but very little effort upon the part of the operator. v

It will be apparent that the particular conlationship to the crank, are'the prime factors involvedfin bringing about the operation o the doll so that Apivoted upon the legs will eiiec tively simulate the walk of a human being and it will be clearly understood that l rely particularly upon the' `joint .members and crank connection to eiect thisresult.

:It 4will be obvious that the construction set'out may be applied to a doll or any other form of toy in which a walking operation is to be effected and it will berapparent that l do not limit myself particularly to the use of my construction with any particular form of toy and that various slight changes may be made without departing from the Vspirit of the invention, the scope Vof which is defined in the appended claim.:

. Having thus described my invention, li

claim- A walking dollV comprising a body having a bottom portion, verticallyv swingable arms pivot-ed upon the 'sides thereof, Aeither arm serving as a handle whereby to e manipulation of thefdoll, the bottom portion of the body being formed with spaced slots, lever members extending through said slots and pivoted at the lower end of the 'bod-y, Y

horizontally disposed shaft within the body Vformed with oppositel'y extending crank portions, links pi-v'otally connected with Ythe respective crank portionsfan'd jointedlegs members, said joints, the upper ends of the `legs being slotted for the reception of the lower ends of said lever membersysaid slots dening abutment shoulders, and the lower ends oi :the levers being gageable with said shoulders whereby to limit swinging movement ofthe legs.

ln testimony whereof l aiiiX my signature.

RGBERT. IVAN ARlVlPRlESTER.Y

formed with extensions. en-V the lower ends of said lever 'Y legs beingvprovided with lrnee 

